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Chapter 6 Vocab
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6th Grade
09/20/2011

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jade
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a hard gemstone
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oracle
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a prediction
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lords
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people of a high rank
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peasants
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farmers with small farms
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ethics
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moral values
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Confucianism
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ideas of Confucius
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daoism
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stressed living in harmony with the Dao the guiding force of all reality
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legalism
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the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
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Shi Huangdi
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first emporer
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Great Wall
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a barrier that linked earlier walls across China's northern frontier
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sundial
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uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell time of day
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seismograph
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a device that measures the strength of an earthquake
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acupuncture
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the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain
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silk
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a soft, light, highly valued fabric
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Silk Road
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4,000 mile-long network of routes stretched westward from China across Asia's deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea
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diffusion
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the spread of ideas from one culture to another
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Confucius
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Chinese title is Kongfuzi;dedicated student into his teen years;mastered many subjects;turned into a teacher and never knew his teachings would transform Chinese life and thought
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Laozi
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